Havergal College Course Calendar, 2017-18 Academic Year

Advanced Placement (AP) Courses Havergal College offers timetabled AP courses in some subjects, depending on sufficient enrolment. These are Grade 12 University Preparation Courses, which also provide the extra content needed to prepare students to write AP exams. Students in Advanced Placement courses will earn the related Grade 12 University Preparation course credit. Students may also choose to write AP exams in other subjects not offered by Havergal. All students are invited by the AP Coordinator to register for other AP exams and pay the associated fees. Course Prerequisites (OS 7.2.3) Courses in Grades 10, 11 and 12 may have prerequisites for enrolment. All prerequisite courses are identified in Ministry Curriculum Policy documents and no courses apart from these may be identified as prerequisites. If a parent or an adult student requests that a prerequisite be waived, the Principal will determine whether or not the prerequisite should be waived. The Principal may also initiate consideration of whether a prerequisite should be waived. The Principal will make his or her decision in consultation with the Vice Principal of Teaching and Learning, parent and subject Department Head. (Canada. Ministry of Education, Ontario. Policy and Program. Ontario Schools Kindergarten to Grade 12 : Policy and Program Requirements. Toronto: Ministry of Education, 2016. Print. Section 7.2.3 p 73) POLICY ON SUMMER SCHOOL, NIGHT SCHOOL, SATURDAY SCHOOL AND CORRESPONDENCE COURSES (OS 10.2.2–10.2.3) In order that an Ontario Secondary School Diploma granted by Havergal College reflects academic work done at the school, Havergal has implemented the following policy on supplementary courses. These include summer school courses, night school courses, courses delivered through the Independent Learning Centre (ILC) and Saturday courses. 1. Students must take all compulsory courses for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma, including ENG4U, at Havergal. 2. Students must take all prerequisite courses at Havergal (e.g., a student may not take SBI3U Biology in the summer and then register for SBI4U Biology at Havergal in a subsequent year).

3. Students will not be permitted to register at an ILC, night school or Saturday school course if the course is offered and available to the student at Havergal. 4. Students registered in Saturday, night or ILC courses must maintain the minimum course load in their day program. If a student enters Grade 12 and needs six credits to fulfill the diploma requirement, she must be registered for six courses at Havergal. There may be exceptions to the above policy due to extenuating circumstances such as prolonged illness, an extraordinary commitment (e.g., National Team competition) or other special needs. These exceptions will be determined on an individual basis by the Vice Principal Teaching and Learning and the Principal with input from the Head of Guidance and the Department Head of the particular subject. PROCEDURES FOR STUDENTS WHO WISH TO CHANGE COURSE TYPES (OS 7.2.4) Some students may change their educational goals as they proceed through secondary school. When they decide to embark on a new pathway, they may find that they have not completed all of the prerequisite courses they need. In most cases, a student may enroll in a different type of course in a given subject in Grade 10 than the type she completed in Grade 9, although doing so may require additional preparation as recommended by the Principal. In the case of mathematics, the sole prerequisite for the Grade 10 academic mathematics course is the Grade 9 academic mathematics course. Since Havergal does not offer applied courses, Havergal does not offer any transfer courses. PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT AND RECOGNITION (PLAR) (OS 7.2.5) Prior learning includes the knowledge and skills that students have acquired in both formal and informal ways outside Ontario secondary school classrooms. The PLAR process involves two components: challenge and equivalency. At Havergal, we apply the equivalency process only, which involves the assessment of credentials from other jurisdictions.

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